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[Harpeau]

Ever siince high school, I've enjoyed shopping for clothes in small boutiques that carried vintage, 2nd hand or overstocked merchandise from retailers. Frenchy's, Value Village, Sally Ann... Well today I found an awesome place in Yongin!

There's a store right at the corner where the buses turn left and head up the mile long run and into the HUFS Yongin campus. Instead of turning left~ keep going another 300 meters. There's a store on your left hand side that is really awesome! I picked up a nice pair of jeans for only 5,000 won~ brand new!!

Check it out! Any other places you like to shop at?

Cheers!
Harpeau

[tommynomad]

Dongdaemun market between 1-4 a.m. Great bargains and really funky clientele: lots of cutting edge Koreans, but many Japanese, Taiwanese fashion tourists too. More piercings and tattoos per square mile than anywhere in Korea.

I know a woman who runs a successful business shopping there and then reselling on the 'Net.

In 2002, I bought a deep blue, mock velour (soooooooooooooooo soft) turtleneck there for 7000 won. And i wasn't trying that hard.

[Harpeau]

Wow! Got to check that out. Sounds really good. Get my night vision goggles and head on down!

[Swiss James]

so between 1-4 it's just second hand stuff? Where is all this stuff in relation to, say the baseball stadium?

[tommynomad]

Nononononono--not second-hand. Just dirt cheap. The tourist info centre built into the outer wall of Dongdaemun stadium has great maps and better staff. They can find anything for you.

[Swiss James]

but Dongdaemun is always cheap isn't it? Why is 1-4 different?